PAUL NICHOLLS is hoping to take the wraps off potentially one of his most exciting novice chasers as Aux Ptits Soins has been declared at Exeter on Wednesday.

Weather permitting, the six-year-old will run in the RGB Building Supplies Novices’ Chase and will be ridden by Nick Scholfield.

The grey won the 2015 Coral Cup at Cheltenham on his British debut, beating subsequent Grade One-winning chaser Zabana, but he was restricted to just one outing last year when he ran well for a long way in the World Hurdle.